Jiang Wei quickly followed.
When Xiao Zhan saw Jiang Wei follow, the smile in his eyes deepened.
"I heard you left me and started doing business in public?" Song Yanxuan appeared out of nowhere, looking arrogant and condescending.
"Why not be a proper lady of the crown prince, but instead choose to be the lowest of merchants? She's truly the daughter of a merchant's daughter, utterly unfit for the social class." Song Yanxuan was arrogant and didn't even glance at Jiang Wei.
These days, he waited and waited but Jiang Rou came to him with silver notes.
When he heard that Jiang Wei had started to show her face in public and do business, he thought that Jiang Rou probably couldn't come up with the money.
His mother also thought the Chen family was doomed, so she wanted him to give up Jiang Rou and marry another woman.
Song Yanxuan didn't want to do it, after all, he and Jiang Rou were in love, but the Marquis's mansion was in dire straits and there was no money coming in.
His mother had arranged another marriage for him with a merchant's daughter, and today he was here to accompany the girl as she strolled around the capital.
Once he marries this merchant's daughter, he can be with his gentle and kind heart.
Unexpectedly, I ran into Jiang Wei here, so I couldn't help but come up and ridicule her.
"Where did this barking come from? It's so annoying. Does it think it's some kind of hot commodity that everyone likes? Little does it know that people only think it's a person when they're blind and can't see it," Jiang Wei said bluntly.
"Once my eye condition is cured, I won't be fooled by a dog anymore."
Jiang Wei seemed to only just notice Song Yanxuan. "Oh, Young Master Song is also here at Linlang Pavilion to buy things for my sister? The Marquis's mansion is indeed a wealthy family, able to afford things from Linlang Pavilion. Then I won't keep you any longer, Young Master."
She didn't even lower her head, gracefully passing over Song Tingxuan like a noble phoenix, "Please, Your Highness."
A young woman approached from afar, and with a shy expression, she bowed to Song Yanxuan, saying, "Young Master Song."
The young woman was dressed in fine silk, her clothes all of the highest quality. Ordinary officials and noble families did not have such fine attire, and noble ladies would not be as awkward in front of Song Yanxuan as she was.
Jiang Wei immediately realized that they had found another money bag.
How could she let them succeed?
Jiang Wei put on a sorrowful expression, "Young Master Song, who is this girl? Didn't you say that you liked my sister? You two are in love and can't control your feelings. Now my sister is pregnant at home, waiting for you to propose to her and marry her. She waits for you every day."
How could you have an affair with another woman? Are you planning to make my sister give birth at her parents' home? To make her a laughingstock in the eyes of the world?
Upon hearing this, the girl's eyes reddened. "Prince Song."
Song Yanxuan panicked. This was a family his mother had finally found, with a generous dowry, and they had just come to the capital from out of town to visit relatives. They were unaware of what had happened recently.
The girl was also very satisfied with him, and they had already planned to exchange betrothal gifts to arrange their engagement.
Now that Jiang Wei has stirred things up...
“An’er, don’t listen to her nonsense. She is Jiang Wei, whom I told you about before. She’s slandering me because she’s unhappy about breaking off our engagement,” Song Yanxuan explained.
“I’m slandering you. Who in the capital doesn’t know about your romantic escapades, Prince Song? You can find out by asking around.”
Furthermore, our marriage was dissolved by imperial decree, not by you asking me to dissolve it; it is I who want to dissolve the marriage with you.
"This young lady has only recently arrived in Kyoto, hasn't she? Have someone go to the Drunken Spring Pavilion and inquire; that will tell you if I'm lying."
Jiang Wei gave Song Yanxuan a mocking look. "Didn't you always say that you were truly in love with my sister? How come you've found another girl now? Is your love for my sister fake? Or is it because your Chang'an Marquis's mansion needs to find a rich girl with enough dowry to support your marquis?"
She absolutely cannot allow the Marquis of Chang'an's mansion to have a chance to turn things around.
The girl named An'er asked him, "Is everything she said true? So you have someone you like, and you only came to me to ask for my dowry to fill the deficit in the Marquis's mansion?"
"An'er, let me explain. Things aren't as she says. She's just unrequited love, that's why she's slandering me like this," Song Yanxuan comforted An'er and explained to her.
"So there's no girl who reciprocates your feelings?" An'er asked him.
"Hmm." Song Yanxuan looked at An'er with a slightly evasive gaze.
For a moment, An'er didn't know who was telling the truth.
She said, "I'm a little tired today, so I'll head back now." An'er ran off with red eyes, got into the carriage, and wiped away her tears with a handkerchief.
Song Yanxuan did not chase after her, as that would be unbecoming of a prince. After the carriage had gone far away, he turned around angrily to scold Jiang Wei.
Jiang Wei has already left.
Song Yanxuan followed, grabbing Jiang Wei with one hand and pulling her backward.
Just as Jiang Wei leaned back, Xiao Zhan caught her in his arms. At the same time, he slapped Song Yanxuan twice across the face.
Song Yanxuan was about to retaliate when he threw a punch at Xiao Zhan, but unsurprisingly, he didn't even manage to touch Xiao Zhan's clothes.
Xiao Zhan kicked Song Yanxuan in the chest with half his strength.
Song Yanxuan fell heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Let's go! You're in the way," Xiao Zhan said casually.
Jiang Wei knew that Xiao Zhan was skilled in martial arts, but she did not expect that Song Yanxuan was so easily defeated, unable to withstand even a single move from him.
She followed beside Xiao Zhan, looking at him with adoring eyes.
Xiao Zhan caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye and felt a sense of relief.
Song Yanxuan got up from the ground and wiped the blood from his mouth. "Well, Jiang Wei, you're really something. So that's why you insisted on breaking off the engagement with me. You found a lover outside, huh? What's wrong?"
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